With so many events be canceled or postponed this week, there weren’t many athletes in our coverage area that got to play their respective sport. Still, a few got to pick up some wins and catch our attention. Check out our four nominees for this week’s Player of the Week honor and make sure to vote at the StarNews Varisty homepage. We’ll announce our selection Thursday with a Q-and-A here on the blog and in Friday’s print edition.

Rasheed Brown, Trask boys basketball: A week after guiding his team to the regional tournament semifinals, Brown had another big game, scoring 30 points in a loss to Wallace-Rose Hill. The senior also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds while nabbing two steals.

Jack Sandlin, New Hanover boys tennis: The Wildcats were the only tennis program in the area to get two matches in last week, and Sandlin made the most of his opportunity. Against Millbrook, he won his No. 2 single match, then picked up a win as part of the No. 1 doubles team. Against East Chapel Hill, he also got a win at No. 2 singles.

Sam Young, Laney boys golf: The junior got his season started off right with a win at the first Mideastern Conference tournament of the season at Echo Farms. The round was cut down to just nine holes due to bad weather and

then each players’ scores were doubled. Young tied with teammate Harrison Hepner to win the event at 72.

Jarrett Walls, South Brunswick boys tennis: Walls picked up an individual win in singles action and then was part of a winning doubles team against Laney. Those two victories turned out to be crucial as South Columbus was able to squeak out a 5-4 win over the Buccaneers.

Did we miss somebody? The nominees are pulled from our live event coverage and scanning box scores in our print edition throughout the week. If you don’t see a deserving candidate, it might mean we didn’t get their results called in. Let us know in the comments, and we’ll reach out to their coach to make sure they don’t get overlooked next time.

Hi Sports Writers…My son’s name has been misspelled in your paper in the last two weeks. He plays tennis for New Hanover High School and is up for Player of the Week. His correct name is Jack Sandlin, not Jack Fandlin. Can you please correct this?
Thank you!
Jean Sandlin

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Hey there, I’m Alex Rileyand I’m the high school sports writer for the StarNews in Wilmington.

Before coming to North Carolina, I was covering sports for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne for two-plus years. Before that, I was in Ellis County, Texas covering sports for Waxahachie Newspapers Inc. Originally I’m from Blythewood, SC and I’m a 2008 grad of the University of South Carolina.

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